Beauties in vain their pretty eyes may roll;
Charms strike the sight, but merit wins the soul.


Canto V, line 33. - The Rape of the Lock (1712, revised 1714 and 1717)


Beauties in vain their pretty eyes may roll; Charms strike the sight, but merit wins the soul.

Beauties in vain their pretty eyes may roll; Charms strike the sight, but merit wins the soul.

Beauties in vain their pretty eyes may roll; Charms strike the sight, but merit wins the soul.

Beauties in vain their pretty eyes may roll; Charms strike the sight, but merit wins the soul.